Jamaica has 10 power plants in this atlas, with 793 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is Old Harbour (348 MW, oil; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are oil, hydro and gas. Grid operators listed here include Jamaica Public Service. Electricity is regulated by OUR. Renewables supplied 12.6% of its electricity in 2024.
Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.
Grid operators and electricity market in Jamaica
Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators
JPS is the single buyer, purchasing power from independent producers alongside its own plants; gas has replaced much of the oil.
No open power exchange: producers sell to the single buyer under long-term contracts.
Regional grid
Not part of a larger synchronous grid or regional power pool.
What does “Single buyer” mean?
Independent power producers build plants and sell their output under long-term contracts to one designated state buyer, usually the national utility, which runs the grid and sells to consumers.
References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.
Jamaica is in Caribbean. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.
Capital
Kingston
Languages
English, Jamaican Patois
Region
Caribbean
Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.
The source inventory contains 10 records for Jamaica. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.
Inventory coverage
10 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.
Browse 10 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.
